31975R2717

27. 10. 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 276/3

REGULATION (EEC) No 2717/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 24 October 1975

amending Regulation (EEC) No 540/75 as regards additional measures to be taken in agriculture following the fixing, with effect from 27 October 1975, of new representative rates for the pound sterling and the Irish pound

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN whereas it is therefore necessary to adjust as regards COMMUNITIES, the two Member States concerned the coefficients listed in Regulation (EEC) No 540/75 ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the "Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2638/75 has moreover European Economic Community; brought into operation the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 of 30 July 1968 laying down rules for the implementation of Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation No 475/75 (1) (EEC) No 653/68 (6) on conditions for altering the of 27 February 1975 on the exchange rates to be value of the unit of account used for the common applied in agriculture, as last amended by Regulation agricultural policy; whereas Article 4 of that (EEC) No 2638/75 (2), and in particular Article 4 Regulation provides, inter alia, that any person thereof; having applied for and obtained the advance fixing of an amount for a given transaction may have that advance fixing and the relevant document or Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2638/75 has certificate cancelled; introduced new representative rates for the pound sterling and the Irish pound, to take effect from 27 Whereas, therefore, rules should be laid down for the October 1975, save as regards cereal products, for new representative rates valid from 27 October 1975 which the rates will take effect from 1 July 1976 for analogous to those set out in Article 3 of common wheat and from 3 November 1975 for the Commission Regulation (EEC) No 540/75 ; other products, and as regards products of the beef and veal sector, for which the rates are to have effect from 5 January 1976; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with Opinions of the relevant Management Committees, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 540/75 (3) of 28 February 1975 on additional HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : measures to be taken in agriculture following the fixing, with effect from 3 March 1975, of new representative rates for the currencies of certain Article 1 Member States, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2118/75 (4), fixed coefficients to be applied to The coefficients set out in Article 1 (d) and (f) of certain amounts in respect of which the economic Regulation (EEC) No 540/75 are, with effect from 27 consequences of the fixing of the new representative October 1975, replaced by the following: 'rates was deferred, in most cases until the beginning of the 1975176 marketing year for the products in (d) in Ireland: 0-88742; question; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2638/75 (f) in the United Kingdom: 0-87548. ^ does not affect that deferment as regards products for which the marketing year does not begin until after 27 October 1975 ; whereas this particularly concerns Article 2 the marketing year for olive oil which begins on 1 November, and the period of application for prices The following paragraph is added to Article 3 of on the wine market beginning on 16 December 1975 ; Regulation (EEC) No 540/75 :

'4. In the case of Member States to whose currencies the new representative rates apply with effect from 27 October 1975 : H OJ No L 52, 28. 2. 1975, p. 28. (*) OJ No L 269, 18. 10. 1975, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 57, 3 . 3 . 1975, p. 29. (4) OJ No L 215, 13. 8. 1975, p. 20. («) OJ No L 188, 1 . 8. 1968, p. 1.

f No L 276/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 10 . 75

(a) the provisions of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation — 1 July for common wheat and as regards (EEC) No 1134/68 shall be applied in respect products, as specified in the relevant of the new representative rates with effect Regulation fixing the monetary compen­ from the following dates : satory amounts, the monetary compensa­ tory amount for which is derived from that for common wheat. — 1 November 1975 for products of the olive oil sector, (b) Paragraph 2 shall be applied as if the date "3 March 1975" were replaced by 27 October — 3 November 1975 for products of the 1975 .'. cereals sector, excluding common wheat,

— 16 November 1975 for products of the wine sector, Article 3

— 5 January 1976 for products of the beef This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 October and veal sector, 1975 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 24 October 1975 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission